You wouldn’t believe it if you didn’t read it on CNN but New Zealand Olympic hopeful Logan Campbell decided the only way he could compete in taekwondo in 2012 was to open a brothel! It’s unclear if he has hired prostitutes yet. Officials are looking seriously at this since brothels…
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a man attempting to smuggle 24 pounds of marijuana ashore on a surfboard. Five packages of marijuana with an estimated street value of $74,400 were found inside a duffel bag the man threw into the water. The suspect…
Recently I wrote about Supermarket mogul George Torres trial. (See post here). I was suprised to see this story in The L.A. Times that reported that Torres was set free in his case after prosecutors failed to turn over recordings with possible exculpatory information regarding an informant who testified for…
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Kendall Craig Farris, who heads the Over the Wall Foundation in Marina del Rey, was arrested Thursday at a Starbucks after an undercover Redondo Beach officer was allegedly sold methamphetamine and ecstasy. According to police reports, Farris, arrived at the coffeehouse in a…
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that an off-duty Gardena police officer was shot and killed a man with a knife who was trying to rob a diner in Bellflower last week. According to the Los Angeles County sheriff’s office, a five-year vetern of the Gardena police department was eating…
Phil Spector’s six years in Los Angeles County’s justice system, that started with an arrest for shooting a actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 will conclude Friday morning when he is sentenced to prison for murder. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler, who presided over the music producer’s two…
Thursday’s gang bust in Hawaiian Gardens involving 1400 local, state and federal agents resulted in 147 arrests for alleged racially-motivated crimes against African Americans. The L.A. Times is reporting that Operation Knock Out targeted associates of the Varrio Hawaiian Gardens gang (VHG) who were so pervasive in that community that…
Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend and two of her physicians pleaded not guilty at their arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday to charges of illegally providing prescription drugs to the reality star and former Playboy model. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Howard K. Stern is charged with…
The L.A. Times is reporting that a robbery in a San Bernadino neighborhood has left a mother looking for her three year old son. The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office says that two men armed with handguns, allegedly robbed a San Bernardino home Sunday afternoon and tied up a mother and…
The Pasadena Star News is reporting that Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detectives who were staking out a robbery suspect on Thursday stopped an alleged rape in progress and captured the suspect. Kenneth Parker of San Gabriel was booked on suspicion of kidnapping to commit rape, attempted rape, burglary and assault…